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Month: March 2015

There was a point in my life when convention ruled my every moment. I had the house, the kids, the career. I was associated with the right groups. I participated in the right activities, read the right books and listened to the right radio stations. My life had become conventional. My only adventure was railing… Read More

A couple of weeks ago I experienced some discomfort in my back. I’ve had some back pain issues in the past and this seemed to be nothing new. I stretched as usual and spent the day walking along the Lake Michigan Shoreline with close friends. My back however, never seemed to loosen up. In fact,… Read More

Have you ever walked into a gallery and be taken by surprise by how effectively a painting communicates an idea or emotion? As an artist and teacher I regularly talk about visual communication and how art is constantly speaking to an audience. This process can be obvious in literal and realist art, but what… Read More

By day I teach. By night, I create. Teaching high school art is messy, productive and simultaneously tiresome and energizing. However, after students leave the building, I have time to relax, to paint, and to think beyond the myriad of adolescent issues with which I’ve had to deal since 7:00 am. One of the courses I teach… Read More

Some of my earliest memories revolve around abstract pictures formed in my mind’s eye. When I was about four years old (or earlier; time meant little to me then), I remember thinking of the days of the week as abstract assemblies of light, colors, lines and negative spaces mashed together in individual patterns. Sunday was… Read More

“You’re Constipated!” That’s exactly what my first painting professor told me in college. At the time, I really didn’t know what to say to him or how to react. He was a little man, older than dirt, with a wave of white thick hair and heavy glasses perched upon a bulbous nose. “You’re constipated Zuber!… Read More

I am an artist. I have attended many art festivals over the years. This year I finally mustered enough courage to participate in my first festivals. Two in two consecutive weekends. I am happy to say that I sold eleven pieces while opening doors for more exhibition opportunities. Being a participant in these festivals is… Read More

At Art Beat, a local art festival a college art professor recently looked closely at my pieces. After perusing my paintings and pastels, I asked if he would offer his analysis. He summarized my work as reflective of several Picasso Periods and Fauvism swirled together with my own individual expressionism. I thought, wow, pretty cool… Read More

By day I teach. By night, I create. Teaching high school art is messy, productive and simultaneously tiresome and energizing. However, after students leave the building, I have time to relax, to paint, and to think beyond the myriad of adolescent issues with which I’ve had to deal since 7:00 am. One of the courses I teach… Read More